Lunch today was another experiment, Delicata, Radicchio, and Black Rice Salad from last Sunday’s Mercury News. We couldn’t find Delicata squash, though, so we substituted Kabocha, which meant we had to do more work because it doesn’t have edible skin. And the black rice we chose took nearly an hour to cook (something I didn’t realize until we were actually making the food!). But the final product was tasty, and we were able to eat it outside on a beautiful late fall day.

This evening was the beginning of the official goodbye for Shir Hadash’s Senior Rabbi, Melanie Aron. She’s been with the congregation for 30 years, and she’s made an enormous impact on the community, the congregation, and us. Fortunately, she will be staying here and will become our Rabbi Emerita on January 1st, so we won’t be losing her completely!

Shabbat Shalom!

I had big plans for today. I was going to attend two Toastmasters meetings, get caught up on Quicken, read the Economist, and continue my streak of closing all three rings on my Apple Watch. And maybe finally get around to restringing the blinds in the bathroom, too!

How’d I do on reaching my goals? I got to one Toastmasters meeting and just closed the final ring on my watch a minute ago (at nearly 10pm). I spent a lot of time reading a thread on Twitter where a lawyer dissected the filings in 45’s latest suit in Wisconsin (for some reason, Screen Time isn’t nagging me properly on my phone, so I can get lost in Twitter and Facebook more than I want to allow). I checked the temperature in our ovens against the new thermometer – the ovens run a good bit cooler than they claim, as I suspected.

And that was about it for productivity today. Good thing I’m retired!